Connecticut western news., 1887-03-09

that he was au Insane man, and for half a minute shut my eyes and had the hardest kind of fight to keep from faintiag away. When I opened them he was regarding mo with cunning lecr, and directly he said:
 "You think you will run away from school, but shall have my eyes on you all the time. School will now begin."
 He went to my desk and lang the handbcl in a vigorous manner. picked up ruler and book, and then, stand- ing in front of the desk he, said to me:
 70 ass in orthography come forward" "
 While as told you, was terribly frightened, Ihad the presence of mind 10 understand that had luuatic to deal with, and that he must be humored. When he had repeated his command a second time I went forward to Q recita- ton bench, md he began giving out words for me to spell. The "lesson" was not half over when my belief in his insanity was confirmed. After the fl st few words he began to pronounced back ward. When he gave out the word unicorn he pronounced it 'cornuni." When gave it the right pronunciation and began to spell it in a proper way he interrupted me with:
 ''Stopl The world has been going on too fast for the last fifty years, and must stop, or be thrown off it's axis. We must go backward where we can."
 In pursuance of his theory he pro- nouucel the word fluff" as "flful," 7" and humorcd him by spelling words that way. Alter about half an hour he laid the book down, complimenting mo on my smartness, and during recess oi five minutes he walked up and down the floor, with his head down and his arms behind him, like one in deep thought. Thus far he had betrayed no temper no, sign of violence, and began to breathe easier. even calculated that it might be possible to trick him. He presently called me up to recite in geography, and here his insanity was still more apparent. When he asked me what an island was. and received the answer as given in the lesson, he struck the desk with his rule, and exclaimed
 "It is not so. We have been fools. An island is hill 200 hundred feet high, and these hypocrites knew it all the time"
 It was il o'clock at night before hs ceased asking questions in geography, Then I asked for permission to go home and get my slate pencil. He accorded It, but as l reached the locked door h, called:
 No, you can't go. You are one O the children who spit on the floor to-day and shall keep you here"
 From il to 12 sat in chair near tho stove, while he pac;d up and down ane muttered and mumbled in a strange way to himself. Whenever the fire got low replenished it without objections iron him, nor did he seem aware of the storn raging outside: Just after midnight h. made me work examples O.: the black board for an hour, and once or twic became very much excite l. According to his theory l must not figure that tw and two matc four, but that the tota was nothing. This was setting tn world back. Alter rest we had reef tatlon in grammar, another in reading and at o'clock he rang the bell, an calmly observed:
 "Children, school is dismissed. Te morrow being Saturday, there will be n school"
 Then, without even seeming to b aware of my presence, he put on h overcoat, drew his cap over his ears, an passed out into the storm and left n alone. loss no time in locking th doc: behind hlm, and it was not unt daylight that got over tho. flea, of h return. Soon after daybreak Uncle Bill came for me, having been detained tt day before by sck horse. and sendin ms message which was not delivered We had scarcely finished breakfast whe the dead and frozen body of my cra7 schoo.mastcr was brought in. He wa in truth, an old schoolmaster, anl ha gone insane and been confined in { asylum at Cleveland. Escaping fro the place, he went tramping over u
 country and walked in upon mo in Il queer manner I have related. .-[Ne
 York Sun.